Новости за 05.05.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States put an ammunition shipment to Israel on hold last week, sending Israeli officials scrambling to understand the reason behind the move, US media reported Sunday.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Israeli troops were gearing up for a ground offensive against the southern Gaza city of Rafah, after accusing Hamas of rejecting Israel's ceasefire proposals.

Orthodox Christians all over the world celebrated Easter, one of the most important Christian observances, on Sunday, May 5.

The Aurus Senat is an executive car specifically designed by Russian engineers for top state officials, including the president.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - South Korea's Cyber Operations Command will take part in an upcoming US-led multinational cyber exercise amid growing security threats from North Korea, the South's Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing the country's defense ministry.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korea's permanent representative to the United Nations, Kim Song, said Sunday that any newly formed group similar to the disbanded group of experts of the UN Security Council's committee on sanctions against Pyongyang would be doomed to "self-destruction" over time.

The US and Saudi Arabia are reportedly getting closer to a major deal that would "reshape the Middle East" and add to the region’s security.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Nikolai Surnov, the eliminated suspect in the case of a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, left Russia immediately after the announcement of partial mobilization in 2022, people familiar with him told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Easter greetings to Russians and Orthodox Christians on Sunday noted the creative and fruitful work of the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations, according to a telegram published by the Kremlin.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow will respond to the hostile actions of the Baltic states with asymmetric measures in the economic and transit spheres, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

As of Friday morning, the worst flooding occurred in southeastern Texas with the amount of rain flooding the area having been compared to the disastrous weather event of 2017, Hurricane Harvey.

The leader of the country of Georgia has criticized US efforts to interfere in the country dating back several years.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Beijing is to hold eight-day military drills in the northern part of the Yellow Sea, the China Maritime Safety Administration said on Sunday.

MINSK (Sputnik) - Lithuania provides support, including financial one, to paramilitary forces located on its territory that want to overthrow the government in Belarus, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with Sputnik.

Two recent opinion articles have highlighted the lack of faith the French public has in their leader, Macron. The French president has been described as “trailing the hard right” as he tries to steer the EU into a direction that would mark it as a military power.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the right to have good relations with Russia, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed two bases of Al-Tanf militants sheltering in the remote mountainous areas of Syria's Homs province, Yury Popov, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, reported on Saturday.

US legislation banning the use of crucial components produced in China is creating a major challenge for weapons manufacturers, EV makers, and various other industries.